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Neill Blomkamp is set to direct and write a new adaptation of ‘Starship Troopers’.The director, known for District 9 and Chappie, has been tapped by Sony’s Columbia Pictures for the project, according to Variety.It added the project will take its inspiration from the original 1959 sci-fi novel of the same title by Robert A. Heinlein, rather than Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 satirical adaptation of the book.It will mark a return to high-concept science fiction for Neill, 44, who has built his career on blending social commentary with action-heavy storytelling. The project also reunites him with producer and longtime collaborator Terri Tatchell, 46. Sony, which previously worked with Neill on ‘Gran Turismo’.It has not yet revealed casting or production timelines, Variety reported.While plot details remain under wraps, the film is expected to lean into writer Robert’s militaristic themes rather than Paul Verhoeven’s satirical approach. The original novel follows Johnny Rico,...

Big news for sci-fi lovers! Sony’s Columbia Pictures is bringing back ‘Starship Troopers,’ and they’ve tapped Neill Blomkamp to write and direct it. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s the guy who gave us ‘District 9,’ a movie that mixed aliens and real-world grit in a way that stuck with people. Now he’s diving into Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 novel, and I’m already curious about what he’ll do with it.

This isn’t a redo of the 1997 ‘Starship Troopers’ film that Paul Verhoeven made. That one, with its over-the-top military vibes and bug battles, starred folks like Denise Richards, Casper Van Dien, and Neil Patrick Harris. It cost over $100 million to make but only pulled in $121 million at the box office. Still, it found a second life as a cult favorite. Blomkamp’s version, though, is skipping that satire and going...

Neill Blomkamp is doing his part. The “District 9” and “Chappie” filmmaker is attached to write and direct a new film adaptation of “Starship Troopers,” the 1959 sci-fi novel by Robert A. Heinlein that was last memorably brought to theaters in 1997 by director Paul Verhoeven. The new project comes from Sony’s Columbia Pictures.

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While exact plot details remain closely guarded, the new “Starship Troopers” is said to draw inspiration from Heinlein’s original military story, rather than pulling from the fascist send-up that characterized Verhoeven’s satirical adaptation. Along with writing and directing, Blomkamp is producing with his longtime collaborator Terri Tatchell.

The project marks a reunion for the director and the studio. Sony last recruited Blomkamp for “Gran Turismo,” a film adaptation of the racing video game franchise that originated in the company’s PlayStation division. Released in August 2023, the film grossed $120 million...

Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 movie Starship Troopers pit a futuristic military unit up against insectoid creatures, with two live action sequels, two animated movies, and various video games following in its wake. We’ve been hearing rumblings about a new movie for several years now, and The Hollywood Reporter brings us an exciting update on that today.

According to the site, Columbia Pictures has hired Neill Blomkamp to write and direct the new Starship Troopers movie, which will re-adapt Robert A. Heinlein’s novel rather than outright remake Paul Verhoeven’s movie. Of course, Verhoeven’s movie was also an adaptation of Heinlein’s 1959 sci-fi novel.

THR details, “Starship Troopers ostensibly told of an interstellar war between Earth and a host of bug-like aliens, and focused on a rise of a military serviceman named Johnny Rico. But the story had other things on its minds, like exploring the strengths of life...

More than two decades after its 1997 release, Starship Troopers star Casper Van Dien says its time to reboot the franchise - but this time as a streaming television series. In an interview with Comic Book, the actor says he sees the potential for the cult classic movie to be transformed into a series.

Ive been putting it out on my streamsto get Sonys attention and make the Starship Troopers movie or TV series (reboot). I think it would be great for a seriesThe visual effects today would be a huge win for Sony if they could make a series out of it, Van Dien said of the movie, which was directed by Paul Verhoeven.

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Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi action cult classic Starship Troopers is now streaming for free on Pluto TV. The iconic film, based on Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 novel of the same name, debuted exactly twenty-seven years ago.

Written by Edward Neumeier and set in the 23rd century, Starship Troopers follows teenager Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) and his comrades as they serve in the military of the United Citizen Federation, an Earth-based world government engaged in an interstellar war against an alien species known as the Arachnids. Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, and Michael Ironside also star in the movie. Starship Troopers' development started in 1991 as Bug Hunt at Outpost 7, written by Neumeier. After noticing story similarities with Heinlein's novel, producer Jon Davison suggested converting the script into a version of Starship Troopers to garner greater interest from studio executives.

27 years ago today, Starship Troopers was released.

"Starship Troopers" was not a big hit when it arrived in 1997, and many audiences didn't know what to make of the darkly satirical tone created by "RoboCop" filmmaker Paul Verhoeven. In the years since its release, however, Verhoeven's violent, funny, action-packed sci-fi flick has been re-evaluated and become both a cult classic and a movie that some people still don't understand.

Adapted from Robert A. Heinlein's novel, "Starship Troopers" follows a group of youngsters who get swept up in being soldiers when alien bugs attack Earth. Of course, the war ends up being hell, and many of these fresh young faces are cut down in increasingly nasty ways. And then, just in case all of the satire went over your head, Verhoeven ends things by having Neil Patrick Harris show up dressed in a Nazi uniform.

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Many popular American cartoons have clearly and proudly been influenced by anime. Beloved cartoons like Teen Titans and Avatar: The Last Airbender have drawn influences from the anime industry when capturing their art styles, character archetypes, and storytelling.

Thanks to the global reach of pop culture in the 21st century, the opposite is also true, with Japanese studios being influenced by American franchises and creating anime adaptations of well-known American works. Over the years comic books and video games alike have inspired noteworthy anime that's worth watching.

Star Wars: Visions

Classic Japanese samurai movies were one of the major influences on George Lucas in early drafts of the original Star Wars. With Visions, Japanese animators and filmmakers had the chance to celebrate the influence of Star Wars on their own works. A multi-studio anthology of standalone animated short films, Visions is stylish and slick.

Each studio used their distinct art...

Those who have read enough manga or watched vintage anime shows like Dororo and Astro Boy would be familiar with Osamu Tezuka, also known as "the father of manga" and "the godfather of manga." Furthermore, like Walt Disney, which dominates the animation industry in the West, Tezuka's works served as mainstream anime until the late 1980s, before he passed away in 1989.

Naoki Urasawa, the acclaimed author of the world-renowned anime Monster, created a manga spin-off of Astro Boy titled Pluto from 2003 to 2009. Taking his idol, Osamu Tezuka, as inspiration, he followed in his footsteps and produced something that would last long and serve as a reminder of how influential Tezuka-san was.

With Netflix adapting the award-winning manga Pluto, fans of both Tezuka and Urasawa are enthusiastic to see how it turns out. Given Netflix's history of successful manga adaptations such as Blood of Zeus, Castlevania, and Levius, there is no...

Ultraman is getting a new 3D CG anime series and it will be coming to Netflix! According to Anime News Network, the series will be an adaptation of the 12th compiled book volume of Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi's Ultraman manga that was recently revealed. For any of you that are fans of Ultraman, this is exciting news and if you're curious to know what the story entails, here's a synopsis for the manga that was released:

Decades ago, a being known as the Giant of Light joined Shin Hayata of the Scientific Special Search Party to save Earth from an invasion of terrifying monsters known as Kaiju. Now, many years later, those dark days are fading into memory, and the world is at peace. But in the shadows a new threat is growing, a danger that can only be faced by a new kind of hero - a new kind of Ultraman.

A majority of animated movies are geared directly towards children. Of course, there are adult television shows like Family and the Simpsons, but the movie realm is mostly for kids. There are exceptions though, and parents want to make sure none of these movies slip into their digital queue at home. If you are an adult who loves animation, then some of these movies might be right up your alley.

Fritz the Cat is unlike anything you’ve seen animated before. It’s crude, politically incorrect, and features racist undertones. Many families enjoyed watching Justice League together, but they probably shouldn’t gather around to watch the violence and scenes in Justice League Dark. Plague Dogs will haunt anyone who watches the incredibly sad film about animals getting experiments done on them and features a lot of intense violence. Aqua Teen Hunger Force pushed the limits as a television show...

Harlock: Space Pirate will be available on Digital HD, On Demand and DVD on March 31. "Old Friend/Get Off My Ship" "This Doesn’t Change Anything" Related Content: English Dub Of Harlock: Space Pirate To Screen In Select Us Cities Anime: New Featurette For Space Pirate Captain Harlock Director Shinji Aramaki (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Halo Legends, Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina) unleashes an interstellar thrill ride with Harlock: Space Pirate on Digital HD, On Demand and DVD from Ketchup Entertainment! Based on the classic comic book and TV series, this adventure stars David Matranga (Appleseed, Journey to Agatha), Emily Neves (Starship Troopers: Invasion, Journey to Agatha), and Rob Mungle (Blue Seed, Lady Death). A mysterious space pirate of the future, Captain Harlock, is determined to return his death ship and loyal crew to a battered Earth, which has been declared off-limits by the intergalactic Gaia Coalition. The rogue captain comes up...

Los Angeles, CA – Director Shinji Aramaki (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Halo Legends, Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina) unleashes an interstellar thrill ride with Harlock: Space Pirate on Digital HD, On Demand and DVD from Ketchup Entertainment! Based on the classic comic book and TV series, this live action family adventure stars David Matranga (Appleseed, Journey to Agatha), Emily Neves (Starship Troopers: Invasion, Journey to Agatha), and Rob Mungle (Blue Seed, Lady Death).

A mysterious space pirate of the future, Captain Harlock, is determined to return his death ship and loyal crew to a battered Earth, which has been declared off-limits by the intergalactic Gaia Coalition. The rogue captain comes up with an incredible plan to go back in time to rescue Earth, but that includes the destruction of everything, as it exists. A young soldier of the Gaia Coalition volunteers to go undercover on the infamous skull ship and assassinate Harlock, but...

The popular franchise Appleseed comes to new life in the CG-animated prequel Appleseed Alpha, available 13 October on Digital HD and Blu-ray™ & DVD 27 October from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. World-renowned anime filmmaker Shinji Aramaki (Starship Troopers: Invasion) directs the sci-fi adventure franchise based on the comic books by Shirow Masamune (Ghost in the Shell) published by Seishinsha with a screenplay by Marianne Krawczyk (God of War). We're now offering one lucky reader the chance to win a piece of concept art from the film's production process, signed by Shinji Aramaki! Entering couldn't be easier, so follow the instructions below for details on how to be in with a chance of getting your hands on this amazing prize! How To Enter 1. Like "ComicBookMovie.com" on Facebook by clicking Here. 2. To Double your chances of winning, Follow Me and then Retweet the Tweet below. Retweet & Follow @Josh_Wilding For A Chance To Win...

Anime fan favourite Space Pirate Captain Harlock stars in a new movie... but is it worth the wait?

If you're a fan of manga, you probably already know Harlock, although his fan following is much larger in France, Quebec and Japan. Harlock is the brainchild of Leiji Matsumoto (creator of Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers). Harlock was created in the 50s, but his breakthrough came in 1978 with the release of the original television series, Space Pirate Captain Harlock. He has since then seen many incarnations, but he had been absent from our screens since 2002. Given the current trend of revisiting old franchise favourites, Harlock was bound to suffer the reboot treatment at one point. Harlock has already been rebooted several times over the years, long before the term "reboot" was actually coined, so it shouldn't have been a big deal, but some fans feared that Harlock's move to the big...

The first trailer has been unveiled for Space Pirate Captain Harlock, an English-language remake of the popular Captain Harlock anime TV series from 1978. Shinji Aramaki (Starship Troopers: Invasion, Appleseed) is directing this stunning animated adventure, that follows the title character who rebels against the Earth's inept leaders, engaging in his own fight for humanity with the crew of his space battleship Arcadia. Writer Harutoshi Fukui revamped this classic story to delve into more modern themes. We have no word on who has been cast in voice roles, or when this may debut stateside. Space Pirate Captain Harlock will be released sometime this fall in Japan. Stay tuned for more details about this release, but, in the meantime, take a look at this new footage.

Space Pirate Captain Harlock - Trailer

Space Pirate Captain Harlock comes to theaters in 2013. The film is directed by Shinji Aramaki.

With Black Friday approaching, Amazon has started offering some great DVD and Blu-ray deals. Here are some of the highlights. Look for updates all day and all week. Remember, Amazon changes prices constantly so if you see something you like, don't wait too long.  Let's start with some $3.99 Blu-rays! Iron Man 2 (Single-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray] $3.99 (87% off) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Movie-Only Edition + UltraViolet Digital Copy) (Blu-ray) $3.99 (87% off) No Country For Old Men [Blu-ray] $3.99 (80% off) Wrath of the Titans (Movie Only + Ultraviolet Digital Copy) (Blu-ray) $3.99 (75% off) The Crow [Blu-ray + Digital Copy] $3.99 (80% off) Salt (Deluxe Unrated Edition) [Blu-ray] $3.99 (80% off) Twilight [Blu-ray] $3.99 (80% off) The Twilight Saga: New Moon [Blu-ray] $3.99 (80% off) Pulp Fiction [Blu-ray] $3.99 (80% off) Reservoir Dogs (15th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] $3.99 (73% off) Caddyshack [Blu-ray] $3.99 (73% off) Sucker Punch (Two-Disc Extended Edition) [Blu-ray] $3.99 (73% off) The Last Samurai [Blu-ray] $3.99 (73% off) Red Riding Hood [Blu-ray] $3.99 (73% off) Movies: The Cabin In The Woods [Blu-ray + UltraViolet Digital Copy] $7.99 (80% off) The Raid: Redemption [Blu-ray] $11.49 (68% off) The Sound of Music (45th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD Combo Limited Edition) $19.99 (78% off) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance...

This week, Michael & I chat about an independent film called Midnight Son. This film was accepted to Fantasia Film Festival and the Toronto After Dark Film Festival last year so Michael & I sit down and see what the fuss was all about.

Show Notes:

Intro

What We’ve Been Watching (1:31)

Michael: Girls: Season 1, Are You Afraid of the Dark: Seasons 3, Jackie Chan’s Who Am I?, Supercop

Andy: The Newsroom (Season Finale), Lawless, V/H/S, The Captured Bird

Picks of the Week for September 4, 2012 (43:16)

Andy’s & Michael’s Pick:

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Starship Troopers: Invasion

Stars: Leraldo Anzaldua, Luci Christian, Melissa Davis, Justin Doran, David Matranga, Emily Neves, David Wald | Written by Flint Dille | Directed by Shinji Aramaki

The distant Federation outpost Fort Casey comes under attack by bugs and fast attack ship Alesia is assigned to help the Starship John A. Warden stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors and bring military intelligence safely back to Earth. Carl Jenkins, now ministry of Paranormal Warfare, takes the starship on a clandestine mission before its rendezvous with the Alesia and goes missing in the nebula. Now, the battle-hardened troopers are charged with a rescue mission that may lead to a much more sinister consequence than they ever could have imagined…

The latest movie in the long-running Starship Troopers franchise, Starship Troopers: Invasion is the series’ first CG-animated movie, and follows the success of the CGI television series, Roughnecks. Created by Sola Digital Arts,...

Executive producer Edward Neumeier takes us inside the world of Starship Troopers: Invasion, currently available on Blu-ray and DVD

There are few who know the Starship Troopers universe better than Edward Neumeier. He first adapted the classic Robert A. Heinlein sci-fi novel for 1997's Starship Troopers. He also wrote Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation and made his directorial debut with Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. The next installment in this sci-fi franchise is the animated Starship Troopers: Invasion, currently available on Blu-ray and DVD, which he executive produced. I recently had the chance to speak with Edward Neumeier about this new animated adventure. Would you like to know more? Then take a look what what he had to say.

I've been a fan of this series ever since it started, so it's great to see a new incarnation of this. Was animation always the next logical step for you,...

Yesterday, I had the chance to speak with screenwriter/producer Edward Neumeier for the animated follow-up Starship Troopers: Invasion, currently available on Blu-ray and DVD. He wrote the original Starship Troopers back in 1997, and when I asked if he is involved in the Starship Troopers remake, he said he is on board as executive producer. But that certainly doesn't mean much.

"I am technically an executive producer, which means they never have to talk to me again. I've talked to them a couple of times. I would say that's a few years off, probably three. My only thing to them was, 'Hey, it's a great place to go play. My recommendation is to send your writers on a little field trip and let them experience actual military culture, so they are writing about one of the reasons why people like Starship Troopers.' My producer, Jon Davison, who did Robocop also,...

Moviefone's New Release Pick of the Week "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" What's It About? Hugh Grant voices the Pirate Captain, a lovable loser and the leader of a ship full of swashbuckling outcasts. The Captain's quest to win the coveted "Pirate of the Year" award sets him on a slapstick journey involving a desperate-for-ladies Charles Darwin, a too-smart-for-humans chimpanzee and a gluttonous, murderous Queen Victoria. See It Because: Aardman Animation, the studio behind "Wallace & Gromit" and "Chicken Run," return with a stop-motion adventure bursting with never-ending slapstick and sly English witticisms; it's a great British riff on "Looney Tunes" and you'll need more than one viewing to catch all the jokes. Watch The First Ten Minutes from "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" - (Also Available on Redbox DVD & Blu-ray | Amazon Instant Video) Moviefone's Blu-ray Pick of the Week "Quadrophenia" (Criterion Collection) What's It About? Inspired by The Who's rock album of the same name,...

I have no idea how studios choose their release dates, but this week is packed. It's not necessarily a week loaded with quality films, but considering the lackluster weeks recently I have no idea why they wouldn't have waited to unload some of these a couple weeks ago when they could have dominated a weaker marketplace. Some of the more intriguing titles are catalog selections in my "Even More" selection including individual releases of the Extended Editions of Lord of the Rings on Blu-ray and 100th Anniversary Blu-ray releases of Universal's Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Airport and Harvey not to mention season releases of "The Walking Dead", "Homeland" and "Once Upon a Time". That said, there are a few solid titles among this week's releases and be sure and check out the new release dates as I now have confirmed dates for the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Prometheus, The Amazing Spider-Man and Brave.

It's a review-heavy second episode of Shock Wave's sophomore season.  

Shock Till You Drop's Ryan Turek and Lawrence Raffel, of FEARnet, weigh in on SyFy's third season of Face Off, the new series Collection Intervention and Scream Factory's Blu-ray presentations for Halloween II and Halloween III: Season of the Witch as well as ParaNorman, V/H/S, The Revenant, My Sucky Teen Romance, Hell and Starship Troopers: Invasion.  

Also, what's getting them excited about Fantastic Fest's second wave of films?  Find out in this episode!

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The Troopers are back in action in the all-new CGI-animated adventure Starship Troopers: Invasion, landing on Blu-ray. and DVD with UltraViolet. August 28th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. With the latest in CGI technology, the next chapter in the beloved sci-fi franchise finds fan favorites Johnny Rico, Captain Ibanez and Carl Jenkins on a perilous mission to rescue survivors of a Federation outpost under attack by the bugs. Series star Casper Van Dien returns as executive producer alongside Ed Neumeier, screenwriter of the original smash hit Starship Troopers. Shinji Aramaki, acclaimed Japanese director of the animated hits Appleseed, Appleseed Ex- Machina and Halo Legends, brings his unique visual style to this action-packed, visually stunning sequel that utilizes the latest, state-of-the-art CGI technology to render the ultimate battle between mankind and alien bugs.

The Starship Troopers: Invasion Blu-ray. and DVD come armed with hours of explosive bonus features, including filmmakers commentary,...

This week: Will "Battleship" sink or swim on DVD and Blu-ray? The mega-budget summer flop about a naval fleet fighting off alien invaders had a reported budget of about $209 million but had to rely on the foreign box office to keep it afloat.

Also new this week is the romantic drama "The Lucky One" and the stop-motion animated adventure "The Pirates! Band of Misfits."

'Battleship'

Box Office: $65 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 34% Rotten

Storyline: Peter Berg directs this epic blockbuster wannabe inspired by the Hasbro board game. Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Alexander Skarsgard, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson and many more take on a hostile extraterrestrial spacecraft armada over Hawaii and try to thwart the aliens' destructive plans before all hope is lost.

Extras! Exclusive to the Blu-ray version is a guided tour of the "USS Missouri" — also known as "The Mighty Mo" — with Berg, senior tour guide Reginald H. Johnson and Michael Carr,...

This week on Blu-ray, a couple of this summer’s theatrical releases are already hitting home video, and the most recent seasons of a few well-loved television series get the Blu-ray treatment in anticipation of the upcoming fall TV premieres. Briefly: Battleship (Two-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet) Darling Companion The Lucky One (Movie only+UltraViolet) The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Three-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray / DVD) Starship Troopers: Invasion Think Like a Man (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) Homeland: The Complete First Season Sons of Anarchy: Season Four The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season (Limited Edition) Hit the jump for more details. Battleship (Two-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet) Director Peter Berg’s (Hancock) loose adaptation of the popular board game took a lot of flack from critics and wasn’t exactly a box office smash,...

Last week saw the release of Kevin Macdonald’s acclaimed documentary, Marley, alongside Peter Berg’s mammoth blockbuster, Battleship, and this week brings with it a handful of new films and, most importantly in my books, the long-anticipated release of The Walking Dead Season 2. Today is a good day.

It’s a fairly light week with new releases, so without further ado,

My pick of the week:

The Walking Dead – Season 2.

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DVD and Blu-ray

(also available: The Walking Dead – Seasons 1 and 2 Box Set)

Ordinarily, I focus on television programmes after the week’s new film releases, but The Walking Dead deserves to be the exception to that rule.

The show is one of the finest currently on TV, and if you haven’t started, now is definitely the time to pick up the first two seasons. It’s not often we get...

It’s hard to be a Starship Troopers fan. After one cult favorite film established the celebrated Sci-Fi novels as a viable cinematic franchise, its two live-action sequels buried it under embarrassingly bad writing and acting that wasn’t much better. The sequels have always suffered from fan-fiction quality writing, and unfortunately Starship Troopers: Invasion, the latest entry in the struggle against the bugs, doesn’t have much else to offer besides some very pretty CGI, but even that isn’t without its flaws. A total lack of character depth and development and direction that favors visual style over narrative substance make it just another bad Sci-Fi movie that’s hard to care too much about—even with the entire Earth at risk.

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It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a jam-packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, August 27th 2012.

Pick(S) Of The Week

Detention (DVD)

Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook and Spencer Locke star in Detention, a hipster, teen horror-comedy where the local students of Grizzly Lake must survive their final year of high school. Standing in their way is Cinderhella, a slasher-movie killer who has seemingly come to life and is preying on the school’s student body. As the clock ticks and the bodies pile up, the likely suspects are embroiled in a race against time to stop Cinderhella and ultimately save the world…...

The Troopers are back in action in the all-new CGI-animated adventure Starship Troopers: Invasion, landing on DVD and Blu-ray on August 27, 2012. With the latest in CGI technology, the next chapter in the beloved sci-fi franchise finds fan-favourites Johnny Rico, Captain Ibanez and Carl Jenkins on a perilous mission to rescue survivors of a Federation outpost under attack by the bugs. Series star Casper Van Dien returns as executive producer alongside Ed Neumeier, screenwriter of the original smash hit Starship Troopers. Shinji Aramaki, acclaimed Japanese director of the animated hits Appleseed and Halo Legends, brings his unique visual style to this action-packed, visually stunning sequel that utilises (more)...

From Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sneak Peek director Shinji Aramaki's new CG animated feature "Starship Troopers: Invasion" recreating characters/creatures from the "Starship Troopers" feature films :

"...distant 'Federation' outpost 'Fort Casey' comes under attack by 'bugs', with the team on fast attack ship 'Alesia' assigned to help the 'Starship John A. Warden' stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors, also bringing military intelligence safely back to Earth. 'Carl Jenkins', now minister of 'Paranormal Warfare', takes the starship on a clandestine mission before its rendezvous with the Alesia, but goes missing in the nebula. Now, the battle-hardened troopers are charged with a rescue mission that may lead to much more sinister consequences than they ever could have imagined...."

Starship Troopers: Invasion will be released August 28th, 2012. 

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Starship Troopers: Invasion"...

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has provided us with an exclusive, age-restricted video to promote the upcoming Starship Troopers: Invasion animated movie, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD August 28. This R-rated video is entitled "Boobs and Bugs," which should give you a pretty good idea about what you're going to see.

clickHere to take a look at the sexy action in this unique montage featuring CGI female nudity, but only if you're over the age of 18 (its pretty life like...More life like than anything I've ever seen in person!).

A distant Federation outpost Fort Casey comes under attack by bugs. The team on the fast attack ship Alesia is assigned to help the Starship John A. Warden stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors and bring military intelligence safely back to Earth. Carl Jenkins, now ministry of Paranormal Warfare, takes the starship on a clandestine mission before its rendezvous...

The funny thing about Shinji Aramaki’s “Starship Troopers: Invasion” is that it looks a lot better when people are running around in their bulky space combat suits than when they’re out of them. When characters are just walking around in their undies, or in nothing at all (a common thing here), the CG animation leaves a lot to be desired. But that’s just one of the things about CG animation that I’ll never really be able to buy into. Fortunately there’s enough here in terms of wanton carnage, a totally fatalistic approach to warfare, and unrelenting bug action that helps me to overlook the film’s shortcomings. Directed by Aramaki, the man behind 2004′s “Appleseed” and “Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina” 3 years later, “Invasion” returns us to Robert A. Heinlein’s bug-infested universe, where the Federation continues its never ending battle against tough alien bug creatures...

Fans of science fiction, especially the kind that involves large space creatures tearing soldiers into bloody pieces, have often cited the 1959 Robert Heinlein novel Starship Troopers as one of the early precursors for that brand of the horror/sci-fi sub-genre.

It makes sense, since the original novel was hugely influential on James Cameron’s Aliens. And, in 1997, Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven took on Heinlein’s concepts with a big budget action movie that helped launch the careers of Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer and Denise Richards to a new level among genre fans.

In the 15 years since then, a number of people have managed to produce a couple straight-to-dvd sequels of varying qualities and a cartoon series which brings us to Starship Troopers: Invasion, a computer-animated action movie that continues the story using a style that’s somewhat inspired by Japanese anime. That last bit may be attributed to its director,...

Fans of science fiction, especially the kind that involves large space creatures tearing soldiers into bloody pieces, have often cited the 1959 Robert Heinlein novel Starship Troopers as one of the early precursors for that brand of the horror/sci-fi sub-genre. It makes sense, since the original novel was hugely influential on James Cameron.s Aliens , and in 1997, Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven took on Heinlein.s concepts with a big budget action movie that helped launch the careers of Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer and Denise Richards to a new level among genre fans. In the 15 years since then, a number of people have managed to produce a couple straight-to-dvd sequels of varying qualities and a cartoon series which brings us to Starship Troopers: Invasion , a...

The Starship Troopers franchise is a bizarre animal. Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 original was overlooked by many as a bloody sci-fi blockbuster; little more than dull buggery. Point of fact, Starship Troopers is, true to Verhoeven form, a biting satire that takes skillful aim at the military industrial complex, fascism, and the price of patriotism. It is a film that is actually far smarter than a cursory glance would reveal. It is also far too good a film to suffer the indignities of two middling to poor direct-to-video sequels. However, the third film in the series did have the distinction of being directed by effects icon Phil Tippett, to date his only feature film. Starship Troopers 3: Marauder also brought back Johnny Rico himself, Casper Van Dien. For this fourth film, Van Dien is now a producer and the series has ventured into animated territory. Japanese director Shinji Aramaki brings us the story of a requisitioned spacecraft, a...

Citizens, prepare yourselves for an all new onset of bug attacks. This is not a drill. After three feature films, it turns out there is still more violent man-on-insect combat to explore within the Starship Troopers universe. An all new animated feature, Starship Troopers: Invasion, enjoyed its North American premiere at this year’s Fantasia Film Fest. A full review is brewing, but in the meantime, who better to introduce the movie and talk about the inner workings of this fourth installment of the franchise than Johnny Rico himself, Casper Van Dien. Though not lending his voice to the antecedent Rico in St:i, Van Dien did serve as a producer on the film. His intro was certainly lively and drew raucous reactions from Starship Trooper fans. Would you like to know more? Check out the video below: And here’s an epic look at the trailer for Starship Troopers: Invasion.

Citizens! If you have ever wanted an opportunity to see Paul Verhoeven's pitch-perfect satire of fascism stripped of both its irony and wit, look no further than mecha-suit aficionado Shinji Aramaki's animated sequel Starship Troopers: Invasion and prepare yourself for a whole world of dumb, that's full of guns, but rarely fun. It is a shame because as an animated film Invasion is able to leap above the franchises' Dtv sequels in terms of scope and scale, as well as bringing back the franchise's original trio of protagonists. The film starts with a rescue team dropping in to evacuate a military facility run by a paler and creepier Carl Jenkins that has become overrun with bugs, and ends with a desperate attempt by ever stalwart (and...

The new leg of the 'Starship Troopers' franchise is set to hit DVD and Blu-ray on 28 August stateside and in preparation IGN have revealed another new trailer from the action packed animated flick. Shinji Aramaki directs the Sola Digital Arts produced sequel that features the reappearance of Carl Jenkins, the character played by Neil Patrick Harris ('The Smurfs') in the original feature. Apart from the sci-fi action the discs will come complete with the following special features to salivate over; Filmmaker Commentary, Gag Reel, The Making of Starship Troopers: Invasion Genesis, The Making of Starship Troopers: Invasion Archive, Character Design, Motion Capture, Powersuits, 'I don't like funerals', Bugs, Ships, Animation, Backgrounds, Compositing and Music. Check out the new trailer below....

Actor Casper Van Dien discusses his role in The Pact, arriving in theaters July 6

Casper Van Dien is best known for playing the brash Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers and the 2008 follow-up Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. When he's not busy killing bugs and saving the Federation, he's tackling many other roles in different genres, with his latest offering being The Pact, which is currently available on VOD and arrives in theaters July 6 from IFC Films. I recently had the chance to speak with the actor over the phone about playing Creek, a small-town sheriff who investigates the paranormal claims of a young woman (Caity Lotz) in this thriller. Take a look at what he had to say.

You've been starring in a number of different kinds of films throughout the years. Can you talk a bit about what you really look for in a project, and what really piqued your interest about The Pact?...

I recently had the chance to speak with actor Casper Van Dien for his new thriller The Pact, arriving in theaters July 6. We also spoke about his animated Starship Troopers follow-up Starship Troopers: Invasion, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD August 28. The actor serves as an executive producer on this animated adventure, revealing there are elements of the first three live-action movies in this sequel.

"I think it's lighter, and its definitely our sequel to the first Starship Troopers, with aspects from 2 and 3 in it as well. It's closer to the book, which is interesting. What's phenomenal about it to me, I just saw it, I look at these suits these guys get to wear in the anime, and I would have loved to have had them. Some of the aspects are really cool. I love Starship. I loved the book when I read it as a kid, and I loved...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 28, 2012

Price: DVD $26.99, Blu-ray $30.99

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Johnny Rico, Captain Ibanez and Carl Jenkins are back in Starship Troopers: Invasion, the CGI-animated addition to the science-fiction franchise based on Robert A. Heinlein‘s novel.

In the movie, troopers from two starships joined forces to destroy a massive bug attack on a Federation outpost. But before the mission is completed and the survivors evacuated, one ship abruptly departs and the other goes dark. The remaining troopers go in on a rescue mission and find that the biggest bug threat is yet to come.

Starship Troopers: Invasion was executive produced by series star Casper Van Dien (Born to Ride) and screenwriter of the original movie Ed Neumeier (Robocop) and directed by Shinji Aramaki, of the animated hit Appleseed.

Rated R, the 90-minute animated film comes with these bonuses on Blu-ray and DVD:

filmmaker’s commentary11-part...

The biggest geekdom event of the year, Comic-Con 2012 takes over the San Diego Convention Center July 12 to 15. If you’re lucky enough to have one of those sold out tickets, here’s some Blu-ray- and DVD-related events you might want to check out:

July 12, 2pm to 3pm: Before and After: A Behind the Scenes Look at Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Journey Into High Definition.

Yep, that’s right, space wasn’t the final frontier. Star Trek: The Next Generation — The First Season arrives on high-definition Blu-ray on July 24, and during this Comic-Con panel, fans will gets an insider’s look at how the original film elements were transferred. The panel also will show how the visual effects were recreated from the source material to look their best.

Filmmaker and DVD producer Robert Meyer Burnett will moderate the panel, which includes Roger Lay, Jr. (Blu-ray producer...

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has unveiled the trailer for the CG-animated "Starship Troopers: Invasion" movie, produced by "Starship Troopers" star Casper Van Dien. Check it out below. Plot: The troopers of two starships have joined forces to terminate a massive bug attack at a federation outpost. Before the mission can be completed and the survivors evacuated, one ship abruptly departs and goes inexplicably dark. The remaining battle-hardened troopers race to the rescue, only to discover that the threat from the bugs is about to hit home. "Starship Troopers: Invasion" is directed by Shinji Aramaki (Halo Legends, Appleseed) and will hit stores on DVD and Blu-ray on August 28th. Trailer:...

While we wait for that “Starship Troopers” reboot that may or may not be PG-13, Casper Van Dien (Johnny Rico himself) has been busy working with “Appleseed” director Shinji Aramaki to bring us the CG sequel “Starship Troopers: Invasion”. Check out a new trailer for the film below. Yes, that’s apparently a gratuitous shower scene and someone straddling someone in bed. The troopers of two starships have joined forces to terminate a massive bug attack at a federation outpost. Before the mission can be completed and the survivors evacuated, one ship abruptly departs and goes inexplicably dark. The remaining battle-hardened troopers race to the rescue, only to discover that the threat from the bugs is about to hit home. I’m still not a fan of the CG animation they have going on here. Looks a bit cheap to me. The female character designs in particular look a little wonky.

The Pact is currently available on video-on-demand and will receive a theatrical release on July 6th. I had a chance to interview Caity Lotz last month and just recently talked with Casper Van Dien about his role in the film. Continue reading to learn how he landed the role, his experience seeing the film for the first time at Sundance, and find out what horror movies scare him:

How did you become involved with this project? Was this something you had to audition for or did the director always have you in mind for this role?

Casper Van Dien: My manager got me an audition for it late at night. He told me I had an audition the next morning, and I tried to push it because I was watching my kids and I had no time to work on it. The next day, I went in and read...

It’s been a couple of months since the first one, but here’s a new (Japanese) trailer for Starship Troopers: Invasion, the CG-animated movie which comes from Sola Digital Arts, Inc and Shinji Aramaki, the anime director and mechanical designer on anime as Appleseed and its follow-up Ex-Machina.

A distant Federation outpost Fort Casey comes under attack by bugs. The team on the fast attack ship Alesia is assigned to help the Starship John A. Warden stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors and bring military intelligence safely back to Earth. Carl Jenkins, now ministry of Paranormal Warfare, takes the starship on a clandestine mission before its rendezvous with the Alesia and goes missing in the nebula. Now, the battle-hardened troopers are charged with a rescue mission that may lead to a much more sinister consequence than they ever could have imagined….

The first trailer for Starship Troopers: Invasion didn't do much but show off one of the various power suits used in the movie. This new teaser trailer, however, gives us a pretty decent idea of what director Shinji Aramaki is bringing to the world of space marines and arachnoids that Paul Verhoeven brought to life for the first time on the big screen 15 years ago. Unsurprisingly, Invasion doesn't look wildly different from Aramki's biggest film to date, the 2004 anime Appleseed, only a bit more industrial and a little less cartoony. Some fans may not like the aesthetic, but at least it's not quite as bubbly and stiff as Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles. Since the trailer doesn't give us a clear look at the story or the characters, we turn to the...

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A Japanese trailer has been released for Starship Troopers: Invasion, director Shinji Aramaki's animated sequel debuting on Blu-ray and DVD later this summer. We don't have a specific street date for this new sci-fi tale as of yet, but you can take a look at new footage now!

Starship Troopers Invasion - Japanese Trailer

A distant Federation outpost Fort Casey comes under attack by bugs. The team on the fast attack ship Alesia is assigned to help the Starship John A. Warden stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors and bring military intelligence safely back to Earth. Carl Jenkins, now ministry of Paranormal Warfare, takes the starship on a clandestine mission before its rendezvous with the Alesia and goes missing in the nebula. Now, the battle-hardened troopers are charged with a rescue mission that may lead to a much more sinister consequence than they ever could have imagined.